This article introduces a new computational model for the complex-span task, the most
popular task for studying working memory. SOB-CS is a two-layer neural network that …

This study reports the results of a large scale literature review of research studying the
relationship between intelligence and speed of information-processing. Data from 172 …

Cognitive aging is a flourishing area of research. A significant amount of new data, a number
of new theoretical notions, and many new research issues have been generated in the past …

Research on cognitive aging seems to have three primary goals: first, to determine the
extent to which the diversity of observed behavioral changes that occur with advancing age …

BACKGROUND: Low health literacy in older adults has been associated with poor health
outcomes (ie, mortality, decreased physical and cognitive functioning, and less preventive …

This study explored the contribution of the phonological and executive working memory
(WM) systems to 205 (102 girls, 103 boys, 6 to 9 years old) elementary school children's fluid …

Normal adult aging is known to be associated with lower performance on tasks assessing
the short-term storage of information. However, whether or not there are additional age …

Reports two experiments on mechanism of interference in working memory. Experiment 1
shows that a target word in a memory list, which bears high similarity to one of 4 words read …

ABSTRACT The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is considered a typical executive test.
However, several interesting questions are still open as to the specific executive processes …

Diapositivo 1 Page 1 Bruno Loureiro1 Rui Rodrigues1,2 bruno.loureiro@fe.up.pt rui.rodrigues@fe.up.pt
1 DEI/FEUP - Department of Informatics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of …